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J. Edgar Hoover: (1895-1972) Long-term director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-1972); revolutionized its law enforcement but amassed great political power through surveillance and investigative files; fervent anti-communist ^[e]

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• Federal Bureau of Investigation [r]: The principal U.S. Federal police agency, part of the U.S. Department of Justice and the United States intelligence community, who has arrest authority, and is the primary authority for a variety of domestic crimes, civilian counterespionage within the United States, and organized crime ^[e]

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• Organized crime [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Extrajudicial detention, U.S. [r]: Situations where the Executive Branch of the United States government has detained individuals without the authority of the judicial branch of government; there have been many cases going back to through the early history of the nation, sometimes during overt war, and, perhaps better known at present, directed against non-national threats. ^[e]
• Prohibition of alcohol, United States [r]: The period, from 1920 to 1933, in which the production, transportation, and distribution of alcohol was banned in the United States. ^[e]
• Cold War [r]: Geostrategic, economic and ideological struggle from about 1947 to 1991 between the Soviet Union and the United States and their allies. ^[e]
• Clyde Tolson [r]: Add brief definition or description

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• L. Patrick Gray, III [r]: L. Patrick Gray III was a decorated Naval officer, lawyer, and acting Director of the FBI noted for being the Director of the FBI during the initial phases of the Watergate investigations. ^[e]
• Martin Luther King Jr. [r]: (1929-1968) Baptist minister in Atlanta, Georgia, leader in the U.S. civil rights movement and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; gave I Have a Dream speech at the 1963 March on Washington; recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize (youngest recipient); assassinated 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee ^[e]